Senior Site Reliability Engineer

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design, run and improve the production infrastructure that a software platform depends on, with a focus on reliability, availability and cost. The role combines hands-on building with incident leadership and setting engineering standards for the infrastructure team.

What you'll do

• Design and operate secure production infrastructure on a major public cloud and Kubernetes that scales and stays dependable.
• Manage compute, storage and networking, tuning for uptime, performance and cost.
• Build deployment pipelines, infrastructure-as-code and automation that help developers ship changes safely.
• Lead incident response, including on-call rotations, postmortems, root cause analysis and reliability targets.
• Mentor engineers and help shape the standards and culture of the infrastructure team.

What we're looking for

• At least five years in reliability or infrastructure engineering, operating systems that carry heavy load in live environments.
• Hands-on experience as a founding SRE or in building and leading an engineering team.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes, plus platform engineering or DevOps work.
• Track record of automating software release workflows and provisioning.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python.
• Solid grasp of how networks, data stores and access controls behave in a hosted environment.
• A university degree is required.

Bonus points

• Experience at high-growth startups, large technology companies or core infrastructure companies.
• Exposure to declarative provisioning tools is a plus.

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: $180K - $250K
• Equity
• Health, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Unlimited paid time off
• Paid company holidays
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Commuter benefits

Location and work model

• New York, NY, United States
• On-site, 5 days a week in the office
• Full-time